Have you ever wondered what coil spends the most time on peoples metal detectors.

We asked our experts to tell us what coil spends the most time on their machine and why?

The NEL Thunder and Tornado coils are my favorites!

The Thunder is on my AT Max 90% of the time and the Tornado pretty much lives on my Fisher F75.

I like these coils, especially the Thunder because they provide about an inch or so of extra depth (if the conditions are right), while also maintaining decent target separation. Anything larger than the Tornado and you’ll just wear yourself out too soon without much of an advantage, unless you’re trying to cover a huge field with very very few targets.

Don’t forget, if you’re hunting in heavy trash or high iron, go stock coil or smaller if you have it! Depth is not always king.

By now everyone has certainly heard users of the Garret AT Pro sing the praises of that 5″ x 8″ DD coil.

If you own this machine and have yet to try it, you’re in for a huge surprise. While the AT Pro is widely known for its amazing target separation, the 5×8 coil takes this to a whole new level. Being small in diameter it naturally offers the ability to get up close and personal with the base of trees, posts, and foundations but where it really shines is those trashy locations.

If you’re like me and live in an area that is over-developed (read: concrete jungle) which has also been hunted hard by previous generations of diggers; one of the last bastions of hope is the super trashy areas.

With the 5×8 coil the target separation is so great it picks through nails and other debris to really hone in on those long-hidden coins and artifacts. The older machines had a difficult time navigating these areas, and let’s face it, even modern detectors will cause diggers to become frustrated enough to give up on iron infested spots.

So the 5×8’s ability to eke out those signals and produce results is a win in any corner.

Just remember, there is no “perfect” coil for all occasions. While some may be sufficient in handling most terrains and situations, choosing the right coil based on digging conditions may provide that extra little edge you need to pull out missed targets.

Through my own experience the 5×8 sacrifices little if any depth, but I still grab for my 8.5″ x 11″ coil just to be safe when it comes to those sparsely targeted fields and deep brushy woods where the finds can be nestled up to 10 inches deep or better.

Finally, don’t break the bank going coil happy!

If you cannot afford every coil on the market, remember, the makers of your machine of choice have thoroughly tested and provided you with what they feel is the best all-around coil. So trust in your machine, learn it, and get that coil over some amazing finds!

As field testers for White’s Electronics, Mark and I detect a lot in a wide variety of conditions. From old farm fields to cellar holes in the thicket of New England forests, to private lawns and sandy beaches, we hunt it all.

Our climate is as variable as our sites; we have detected in 95 degrees baking in the sun, and we have hunted in below freezing temperatures through ice and snow.

The one coil that is almost always on our machines, is the Detech Ultimate 13. The coil is very rugged, which makes it suitable for our tough terrain (the don’t call New Hampshire the “granite state” for nothing!). The ribbed housing of the coil is designed to absorb bumps and vibrations, which helps when we are climbing over rocks and roots surrounding an old home site in the woods.

The coil has amazing target identification, and just this past Saturday Mark pulled an amazing Reale out of the ground, after announcing “that’s old silver” as soon as he heard the signal.

With its impressive size, the coil covers a lot of ground, which is useful in the vast fields we like to detect. Surprisingly, despite its size, the coil is not too heavy (16.9 ounces), and I can easily swing it all day (and I am a small person).

Sensitivity is another plus; the Detech Ultimate 13 manages to pick up even on the tiniest slivers, like a trime coin, for example.

I currently have the coil on my VX3, MXT Pro, MX Sport, and MX 7 machines and hardly ever take it off.

We just returned from a cellar hole hunt this weekend, where Mark unearthed some amazing coins using the Detech 13 coil. You can see footage of this hunt here: https://youtu.be/MTLnWKN9Uls

I would recommend this coil for anyone, and it fits a variety of detectors, White’s machines as well as other brands. I know that my detectors will always proudly wear it and lead me to many more treasures.

When I began detecting I was been using a Teknetics Delta 4000. I loved how light the machine was. My arm gets tired fast, so the lighter, the better!

I had been wanting to make the leap to the AT Pro, but (compared to my 4000) it was so heavy. When I did make the switch, I was feeling every little extra ounce of weight! As a weakling, I could only manage to detect for half the time I had been able to before!

Then, the 5X8 double D coil was recommended to me. It was a complete game changer!! I might have lost a little bit of depth by going to the small coil, but my swing time was greater! Since putting this coil on my Pro, it has not come off.

This smaller coil really helps me separate out the better targets in our iron or trash infested sites! I haven’t been able to get in much detecting with this nasty Midwest winter, but I can’t wait to see what new relics and treasures I’m able pull up with the 5×8!

I currently run three different machines, obtained in the following order:

White’s Silver Eagle, White’s Eagle Spectrum, and a (more recently acquired) Garrett AT Pro which I am still learning.

I spent the first year of my almost two years’ experience running the White’s machines, which share the same coils. I have most of the coils available for these older machines, which run at 6.592kHz and are concentric in nature.

These coils are excellent at pinpointing, and the smaller ones are great with separation. I keep a 9” stock coil on one and a 6” one on the other, or at least a spare lower rod for easy swapping.

The 6” coil came in handy when I tested my White’s machines out in the mountains of Idaho at the Spud Diggers Ultimate Permission event last July.

In October 2017, I hunted with Joe who runs Okie’s Surf And Turf channel and from whom I purchased the AT Pro because of his anticipation for the new Equinox.

It came with the standard 85”x11 stock DD coil, plus the 5”x8” smaller DD coil. This is the coil I run most of the time, due to the trashy nature of the locations which I currently search.

It has significant depth and excellent separation for a small coil, and it is much lighter than the stock coil without sacrificing too much. I believe the pinpointing is more accurate as well.

I hope to be able to test out other high performance coils on the Pro in the future to see how they compare to the 5×8.

When considering what coil is right. I personally think about my primary detecting habit. I have a 6” cool, an 11” concentric coil, and a stick coil for my Minelab E-trac.

I spend my hunts usually in large fields and forests, which tend not to be trashy or even iron infested. Deep isn’t an issue in Maine as we here have a thick rocking base.

With consideration to a somewhat heavy machine as my hunts are 4-6 hours on average I prefer to stay with the stock coil, 9” concentric. This coil has proven accurate and can be easily maneuvered around trees.

In the past my go to coil has been an 11 x 9 butterfly.

Experience and site often dictate which should coil is appropriate for the day; in my case I like the stock. Try em all if you can. There’s a right fit for YOU!

Hello my name is Garry Boblick and I am a detectorist I have an at pro and an ace 250 the coils I normal use is the 8.5 x 11 DD coil on the at pro.

I use it more than any coil I have because I hunt a lot of iron infested sites and with that coil. I can get good depth and good separation on good targets.

I sometimes use the smaller coil but I feel that I get the best results out of the bigger coil on depth and separation, really the only time I use the smaller coil is in really heavy wooded areas so I can get in all the spot I can’t with the bigger coil.

This season, I’m even going bigger with a Nel coil for hunting fields and non iron infested sites but I always go over an area with the 8.5 x 11 first then I will change coil and hit the same area with the smaller coil just to find the targets I may have missed with the bigger coil.

I have found I don’t miss much with the bigger coil but really small target like cuff buttons and small jewelry this is.

We asked our experts to share with us a review of their metal detector click[here] to find out what they said.

” What Coil Spends The Most Time On My Machine And Why?”

I’m an avid Treasure Hunter with limited experience. I have been treasure hunting for a few years. My current machine is a Minelab SE and an Garret AT Gold. I tend to choose a machine and use the coil it comes with.

Whaaat? The coil that comes with it? Yes. I did have a Minelab 705 with a coil specific for gold and one specific for relice/coin hunting. Worked great. However I find that my limited experience is best served by using a coil designed for the machine I have. I have a trusted Metal Detector dealer that is quite knowledgeable and guides me when I am ready to upgrade to a new machine. I spend most of my time learning the machine and I don’t know when I would have the time to learn a better coil.

I have spent a lot of time looking for a smaller coil for the AT Pro. As we were detecting in areas where there was a fair amount of trash. I felt I needed a coil 5 x 8 or there about. In the research process I watched a lot of YouTube videos, looked at a lot of websites. I narrowed it down to the NEL Sharpshooter for Garrett AT Pro

5.5 x 9.5 and the 5 x 8 coil from Garrett.

The price of both coils were close.; however the NEL coil had the advantage of coming with a coil cover for no additional cost. I decided to go with that coil.

To my dismay no one had them in stock I spoke to Rich from Colonial Metal Detectors, solid guy. He told me he was expecting a shipment with in a week or two, so I put my name on the waiting list. I got an email with in 7 days informing me that the coil had arrived. After payment I had my coil in 2 days. Supper fast shipping wow and great service.

What is the craziest, weirdest, bizarre or funny thing that has happened to YOU while you were metal detecting?

The craziest encounter whilst metal detecting had to be a year ago.

I was out detecting the front lawn of a high school that was built in the 20’s. As I was swinging the coil, my peripheral vision picked up a Man coming towards me with a suit case on rollers. He stopped and watched me for a few minutes

Then struck up a conversation. Now, you must remember, that when talking to “strange” Strangers, you have to know when to fold on the conversation.

After a few minutes of shooting the breeze, I found out we had a few things in common. We were both Buffalo Bills fans, (which is strange enough, since we were in Green Bay, Wisconsin), plus we had ties to the state of Oregon.

Now if I followed rule #1, that would of been the time to ride that wave back to the shore.

Darn! Missed it.

He proceeded to talk about a motorcycle accident that he was in and that he had a metal plate in his head.

Okaaayyy!

Then he wanted me to see if my detector would pick up a signal, if I scanned his head.

Well sometimes, to get yourself out of a crazy situation, you have to follow rule #2, out crazy the crazy.

I lifted my coil to his head and sure enough…my detector had a reaction.

“Wow” I said. “Would you like me to extract that?” I proceeded to pull out my jagged hand digger.

He nervously laughed and strolled away with his luggage. Conversation over!

Love it when a plan comes together.

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I’m in the middle of the forest, night hawking a cellar hole with, my obsessed as I am, detecting buddy Scott. I’ve got part of a shoe buckle, a square pin & a neat old flat button in my pouch.

He has a coin (type yet to be determined), and a nice thimble. Things are going well for us in the darkness of our detecting wonderland… Suddenly, mid target dig, Scott comes over and says “Hey Allie, there are people coming up the trail, lets head back to the Land Rover”.

I look around and see nothing–no flashlights, just darkness, but I hear a small commotion, so I quickly take heed, grab my gear and follow him. Back at the car, we are both standing and looking in the direction of the commotion, neither one of us sure what’s going on. I’m thinking maybe someone is lost, or hurt, or maybe its the police. My body is on high alert as I stare into the darkness.

We hear a woman’s voice, but see nothing. Scott calls out “Can we help you?”, and suddenly into the light of our headlamps a woman appears, but what’s disturbing is that she’s got a group of about a dozen children with her, walking up the trail in the dark.

A very confusing moment for sure, mostly because while the woman and her group do not appear to be in any distress, I’m now wondering what is she doing with them wandering around the forest in the dark.

Rather than respond to Scott asking if she needed help, she says “Are you going to be here long?” Wow–there’s nothing like a good dose of rudeness to strangers in dark woods in the middle of nowhere–it’s a good thing we’re nice people.

We relate that we are metal detecting, and that yes, we will be there a while. The woman rambles something barely audible about conducting a class for the kids to learn sensory skills, hence their lack of lighting–they are practicing walking in the dark. She then says our headlamps are “disturbing their vision”–OMG, Really???

Both of us being brought up to be polite, and not wanting to ruin the children’s “class”, we shut our headlamps off, assuming the group would pass on by and continue up the trail.

As they passed, the woman again asked if we were going to be there much longer. We looked at each other and we’re like, “we’ll just wait until you leave”. Then the woman says they are going to “sit down nearby and be very quiet”. And you know what?

They did just that. They took up residence right next to the cellar hole! Unbelievable. I look at Scott astonished, and say “Of all the times and places…”.

You just can’t make this stuff up.

The woman and her group of students stayed for almost an hour. Them sitting in the dark quietly, and us next to 4 wheel drive, having a snack and giggling quietly over our predicament.

We couldn’t leave, for to do so would mean noise and headlights. We didn’t want to ruin the kids class, so we waited… patiently.

They finally departed, and if it were not for the rustling of leaves, and a few whispers, we would not even known they had left. Wouldn’t it have been thoughtful to say “thank-you” or “we’re leaving” to the nice, friendly accommodating Detectorist’s waiting patiently nearby?

The woman’s rudeness kind of ticked me off. Last I knew, this was a free country (sort of), and the land was not private. I thought it was very brazen for her to ask if we were going to “be there much longer”.

Um… hello, we were here first, we had our own plans and were doing our own thing, and maybe we didn’t want to stop detecting, shut our headlamps off, and risk getting hurt ourselves walking in the dark, then stand around for an hour, so you could hold your bizarre twilight tike hike.

Don’t get me wrong, I love kids, or else I wouldn’t have been so agreeable to move aside for their night time experiment, but c’mon, what was this woman thinking taking a group of kids out walking around the woods in the dark? Most people are good people, but not everyone is, and you never know when you’re going to meet someone who could be dangerous, especially under those circumstances.

We attempted to hunt a bit more, but the spirit of the hunt was lost, so we packed it in, deciding to come back another day, um… I mean night.

My friends land was so full of history and I was so used to rubbish land that when I travelled the four hours over to his I’d detect 18 hours a day for 4 straight days .

Often we were out till 3 am or later. This caused lots of mishaps and mayhem . One night in the pitch dark fields we kept seeing police cars passing . Next minute my friend says I think they are all parked up by your car .

We crept over rather sheepishly and sure enough my car was surrounded by four police vehicles. Plus some guy in a jeep . Turns out he was a hunter and he called them to flush us out so he didn’t shoot us .

Another night a cop stopped me and confirmed I had permission. Next thing he gets out pictures of coins he’d found with his Ace 250 .

Another night we got lost in the fog. We decided to head home 2 miles across fields to my car . But which way was it ? My friend said one way and I said another . We headed in my direction. We kept bumping into electric fences in the fog . After about 5 or 6 of them we heard some loud snorting .

We had disturbed a bull in the middle of a foggy night .

We ran for our lives and ran straight through those electric fences again but luckily found the car in the end . Great memories not forgetting the times I was out there on my own half the night with nothing but Roman ghosts to keep me company .

One year I did it over Christmas. At 3 am on Christmas morning I stepped into a freezing cold stream by mistake . My feet and legs were frozen . The Detecting was so good I just carried on going . Christmas Eve , Christmas Day and Boxing Day I spent out Digging Roman coins on my own till 3 am .

Like a man possessed I felt no cold . Only the chill breath over my shoulder of those Roman ghosts

This was a great question. There’s so many funny, great, and strange and scary stories that have occurred but there’s one particular trip that stands out above the rest.

It had been the best week of metal detecting ever. My friend and I had been finding some amazing stuff in Ohio all week and it was time to go down to Kentucky to meet up with our other friend and hit some colonial spots.

Man! I was so excited I couldn’t even sleep the night before I was so excited.

Shortly after we arrived, we headed straight to a holler where a colonial home once stood. We spend hours and hours digging up some great stuff in this one area but every once in a while it felt like someone was watching us from the green pasture across the creek.

That place looked like a great spot for a colonial home to have been built back in the day. I felt like I was being drawn to that spot for some reason. Anyone that has metal detected before knows that feeling. After a pretty long day of digging, we called it a day but never hit that spot.

The next day the three of us hit some new spots but we made it back to the holler. This time before leaving I talked my buddies into heading across the creek and exploring that spot.

This little draw was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen and crossing over that creek, I kept picturing in my mind what this place must have looked like in the 1700s. I still had that strange feeling someone was watching us but no one was around for miles and miles.

As I made my way up to this really promising looking knoll I was getting a broken signal near this big old tree on the top of the knoll at the edge of the woods. As I was circling the signal I felt a strong tap on my shoulder.

My first question in my head was “How did either one of my buddies make it up that knoll so fast? I just saw them over 100 yards away. I pulled my phones off and turned around then realized there was no one there.

My friends were still way down the hill. At that moment every single hair on my body was standing straight up and I was freezing cold. My first reaction was to scream or run but I was frozen. Shortly after that I was able to start moving again and walked down the hill to meet my buddies.

On the way down I contemplated whether or not I should tell them what just happened but I didn’t say anything because I figured neither of them would believe me. So I just held it in.

Heading out of the place, I got out of the truck to open the cattle gate and decided that I would go ahead and share that experience with them. I told the story and my buddy who had the permission he said “Are you being serious!?

I have heard the same exact story before from someone who hunted the same spot” Geez Louise Man! I was really freaked out now. I didn’t believe in ghosts until that very moment.

One of the most memorable metal detecting moments I have in my life comes from a memory when I was VERY young.

I was four years old and I received a birthday card in the mail from my grandparents and in it was a quarter. I remember putting the quarter in my mouth and trying to swallow it, why, well I guess my younger self was curious beyond reason.

I remember it getting stuck and my parents freaking out. They made me try and eat bread to push the quarter down. I remember how bad it hurt as it made its way to my stomach. We were a pretty poor family so going to a Dr. was usually only a life-threatening event.

Since the quarter made its way to my stomach we were in the clear for that, lol. This is where the story gets interesting, my dad made me lay on the ground for the next couple days and he would take his metal detector out and run it along my stomach until there was no longer any beeping sounds.

I don’t know if that is what “planted” the seeds to get me into prospecting but it is definitely a story I clearly remember having an impact on me.

Hello all, I’m Sid Tecting and here is a snippet of one crazy days digging we had last year…

Metal detecting is a funny old hobby… what started out as a normal weekender… well as normal as they can ever be with us lot.. Boud aka Carol, had finally got her long awaited hammy, over 6 months she had been waiting so she was super pleased when a Eddie penny popped out.

So as your see in the video she did a hammy dance to keep the hammy gods happy. but after that we never had much else to show for our efforts so we decided to have a good few hours on the local beach to see if we could winkle up a bit of modern.

Well we got more modern that we was expecting… crack cocaine, coke, speed, mcat, downers lol… proper drug haul… Keith handed it all into the police the next day… well I think he did, he aint been the same since..

Just goes to show folk you never know what’s in that next hole, could be gold, could be a hammy or could be loads a crack.. keep on digging and be safe..

If I could go any where in the world and legally metal detect, where would I go. I think of ALL the ancient cultures that have been.

I think I would go the United Kingdom. Metal detecting is like Time travel for me, I love to see the history.

So my question is where in the world do you want to detect?

Now that’s a tough one

If I could detect anywhere I wanted I thought it would be a tossup between a few sites:

I considered Mount Vernon as it would be a great place, and there has got to be a ton of history in that ground that goes back to the birth of our country.

Then I thought oh no. I would want to have a carte blanche week at Gettysburg National Park. OMG that would be the crème de la crème of hunts.

Can you just imagine what would come out of that ground. hundreds of thousands, if not millions of rounds had to of been fired.

Things would have been lost as soldiers hurried to reload. But then I think the sadness would sink in remembering the loss of lives that was so great it is actually hard to imagine.

So at the end of the day, while Gettysburg would be a great place to detect, it’s not at the top of my bucket list. Just meeting and hunting with great friends, no matter where, is where I want to be at the end of a good detecting day.

One of the best things about the hobby of metal detecting is to be able to go to all kinds of places around the world and hunt!

Treasure hunting lets you explore new places that you’ve never been to! You get that itch to go farther and farther to see what history can tell you. We have treasure hunters here that have been to all kinds of locations and found some incredible things!

Our own CEO, Stuart Auerbach, has spent years traveling the globe to both spread awareness of the hobby and discover some amazing pieces of treasure! One location that we believe it would be great to detect would be in the UK.

The UK has some of the most incredible history, with many ancient battles and all kinds of cultures. Many of us here have not yet hunted there. I know there are others that have.

This has always been one of many standout destinations for the modern treasure hunter. To start, we want to mention that it’s recommended you look at the rules and advice regarding detecting anywhere.

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If I could legally detect anywhere in the world?

This is a tough question!

There is Central Park, New York or Hiroshima, Japan or even Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

But I would probably choose something that most Australian detectorists would choose… Gallipoli.

The relics I would wish to uncover would include: Bullets heads and bullet casing from both Turkish and Australian origin, an Australian Imperial Forces badge/pin, an Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) badge/pin, an identification disk of some kind, a firearm used in battle, a Turkish coin, and Australian coin and of course, a personal item e.g. a ring, cigarette tin.

This is also a very relevant site as the date of the landing, 25th of April 1915, is the date we commemorate ANZAC day here in Australia…

The 25th of April 2017 commemorates 102 years since the landing at Gallipoli.

I would like to detect in Europe. Probably in Great Britain. There is a lot of history in Europe. Just imagine finding a huge hoard of coins, even Roman coins. One of my other hobbies is collecting Roman coins. I really enjoy collecting them. I purchase uncleaned ones from detectorists in Europe. I then clean them, and attribute them.

Have you ever wondered what program/ settings people use when they detect a new permission/site.

I asked our experts to share their settings with us. They have shared some valuable information.

Metal Detector settings shared.

AT Pro X 2

Whites V3i

XP Deus

Minelab Safari

Makro Racer 2

Fisher F19

Minelab E- Trac

Securing a new permission is always a great feeling. All sorts of thoughts run through your mind.

The foremost being, what’s in the ground at this new site. Was it previously hunted, was there a house there before the current house and so on and so on! Just below the surface of all the really good thoughts is an underlying question.

What’s the soil going to be like? As odd as it may seem, no two properties / permissions are alike in terms of soil condition, iron presence and even interference by things like underground cables, overhead lines, soil, mineralization and nearby power stations.

While you are giddy with the thought of a new place to detect, these issues are always on your mind. Fortunately today’s detectors are well suited and equipped to counter these types of conditions, you just have to know how to offset and move on.

Personally, I think the key to this is knowing your machine. As funny as it may sound, you need to be “one” with it and when an issue arises you will have a better chance of adjusting so that you can continue to detect. This is not something that can be read in a manual. You will need to spend quality time with your machine and in a variety of areas so as to get familiar with an array of soil and environmental conditions.

With that said, I am going to go over what I personally use in a new permission or new site.

Not all of you will use the same machine but hopefully I can explain in depth enough to at least point you in the right direction when it comes to setting up your machine.

After considerable research I decided to go with the Garrett AT Pro.

This machine offers a variety of features and modes that allow the user the ability to conform to a particular environment without much if any sacrifice. Most times

I will run my AT Pro in Pro zero mode with iron discrimination set at about 25, sensitivity generally at the two spaces below full sensitivity.

This machine offers a wonderful feature called Iron Audio that allows it’s user to hear all the iron in the ground. Iron Audio isn’t always needed. In areas of heavy iron infestation you will likely want to turn this feature off.

Once it is established that you are working in an area rich in nails or trash in general, you won’t want to hear it until you absolutely need it. Once you have located a worthy target and you think you might go ahead a dig it, you will want to pop on the Iron Audio and listen for the presence of iron in or around your target. This will help you identify a coin or screw cap and save you valuable time.

Over the years, I have adopted the “dig it all” demeanor. None of us know what’s in the ground. As good as some are, and some are very good, we still are not able to predict or see into the ground to identify a target.

Once I’m on a new property or permission I will proceed in Pro Zero / Iron Disc 25 and sensitivity @ about 3/4 and dig it all. I find that although I think I know what the target is, I’ve been fooled far too many times to just assume and move on. You very well could be passing that ever elusive gold ring or highly sought after gold coin.

Metal Detectors are not all alike, just like the detectorist who swings it, we are all unique and have special skills and abilities.

Knowing your machine is key. Ultimately you will want to assess the soil and environment and be prepared to make changes as you move along.

Often times I will adjust frequency according to overhead lines or when hunting with a buddy or with a club where there may be 10-20 other machines nearby. Have fun and get to know your machine, dig it all and be prepared to pop that ever elusive treasure that resides on your bucket list.

I’ve been sweeping with The Whites V3i for the last 4 years. For the last 3 years I have been using the following program exclusively.

It a deep seeking program with a slow sweep speed.

You may want to adjust as you hunt. For this, I add all my live keys, that I use often to my search screen. If you would like to know how to do this, please check out my V3i Sweeper video titled Hot Keys.

Here is my program. Most of you may know it by the name The Magic Program

*Three frequency in Best data
lock trac on with a offset of +1 and ground balance every 20 minutes or so
(Watch the arrows while ground balancing and wait until they start to switch back and forth left to right before releasing.)

Hey everyone, As most are well aware by now, I’m a huge advocate of the XP DEUS.

This machine is absolutely the best on the market, with its ability to adjust each specific setting to ones heart’s desire.

When I first got my DEUS, I started with the basic setting and my instincts was telling me something’s just not right. I then went to Deus Fast, ok that was a little bit better but still wasn’t “mind blown” impressed for what I paid for it.

This was merely based off of the depth of my targets. So back to the manual, still wasn’t trippin my trigger. Next I went to the internet and Googled “Deepest settings for the XP DEUS”.

There I found a lot of DEUS owners adjusting their machines as well. Some were pretty good videos and some not so much. So then I purchased several DVDs and basically pick up tid bits here n there as far as what each setting did. I then purchased Andy Sabisch book “The DEUS Handbook” that actually took me to the Holy Grail of settings and how they correlate with one another.

I then built a box and filled it with dirt, using pvc pipe I was able to slide coins, relics and jewelry in at specific depths and fine tune my DEUS that way.

Now the real test, digging up my yard, re-planting items I had already once found at specific depths. I don’t know about you but the thought definitely crossed my mind, “what if I can’t find the damn thing again”.

So here I was, dropping a “silver seated dime” in a hole, Wheatie in another, a sweet fob in another, a Tootsie Toy car in one, miniball in one and finally a tin token in the last hole.

I then covered all of them up with up to approx. 8″ of dirt.

We were to receive a storm that night and my gawd what a toad strangler it was, let’s just say I didn’t sleep well. The next morning when I woke up, walked out in the yard and water squirted out from my foot with every step I took. I thought man I’m going to be super pissed if I can’t find my stuff, but I still waited a day, let it dry a bit.

Went out the following day and the DEUS pointed the way to every single target except one, yeah, the dime! So I switched over to my DEUS DEEP setting. This setting, to me, is, low iron, dis at 10 and 99 on the high end.

This puts the machine almost in what I call “unstable mode”. In certain areas you’ll hear chatter but if u drop your dis any less it’ll drive ya bonkers.

A few other metal detectorist I know (running different machines), call this “opening their machine wide open” and digging based off of the number and tone. Junk iron u pick up on quick, so I’m not interested in anything below 10.

My #2 setting is basically a “high powered RELIC setting that focuses on the copper, brass and yes the square nail. As I have explained in a previous article I’ve written on here, when I find square nails, my dog points.

To me, that setting says remove the square and see what’s beneath it. I also need to say, moisture, moisture, moisture. Depending on how much moisture is in the ground is how deep your machine will go.

We are thrilled to share our thoughts on this newest blog! We feel it’s important to discuss the different programs/settings used when you metal detect a new site with permission.

This time, we asked our underwater treasure hunter, Chris O’Connell to talk about this with you. He has some great advice! Let’s dive into it!

With so many metal detectors to choose from, I find it very beneficial to use a detector with a large digital display and a frequency to fit my needs for the area I would be detecting in.

The lower the frequency, the better depth you will get, and the higher the frequency, the better sensitivity you will get to smaller targets.

Your average hobby metal detectors run anywhere from 5kHz to 15kHz. Metal detectors that are made for prospecting and crime scenes work run anywhere from 19kHz to 100kHz.

I personally use the Minelab Safari metal detector.

This runs in 28 frequencies simultaneously from 1.5kHz to 100 Khz. A multi frequency detector like this will get you very good depth and great sensitivity to smaller targets at the same time. I always run VLF detectors in all metal mode and adjust the sensitivity settings to the highest sensitivity possible.

Running the detector in an all metal (no discrimination) mode will get you the best depth! As you add filters/discriminate notches, you will lose depth to a certain extent, like adding filters to a bright light. You will always see light, but it will be dimmer. After you locate a target, then you can put it in a discrimination mode to see if from there it would be a desirable one.

As a diver, the detectors we use are mostly Pulse Induction (PI) technology. Besides ground penetrating detectors, you will get incredible depth with a PI machine. The down fall to these type detectors is you lose discrimination and for the most part, have no display to show you information about the target as in identification and depth. In water, I use the Aqua Scan AquaPulse 8in diver unit as well as The Garrett Sea Hunter Mark II. I highly recommend these!

We want to give a big thank-you to Rob Johnson for giving us this opportunity to share more of our expertise with you all!

I rarely detect anywhere that doesn’t have artifact potential. The F19 is a very versatile detector. But when I’m relic hunting I keep it simple. Either 20 or no discrimination. VCO IS set at 38.

Most anything I might be interested in starts at about 38. Then I set volume to 10. The volume control on the F19 is a great feature.

Volume can be set from 1 to 20. The volume refers to how loud iron is not how loud the regular volume is. At 10 iron is quiet. You only hear objects above your VCO settings. That way in trashy area especially, you can concentrate on what your looking for.

Generally, at any new site that I am not 100% on the age, I only dig targets 70 and above, until I get a coin or relic to date the site. If the site is old, I put my detector (Garrett AT Pro International) into All-Metal mode. Once in All-Metal mode I dig any target that sounds good (not scratchy, has a repeatable TID).

If I know the age of the site, and it is old, I go with the All-Metal mode on my Garrett AT Pro and dig any repeatable signals. After a while you start to get a better understanding of your metal detector and you can start to accurately predict what the signal might be.

We are faced with many challenges in our life that can stress us out. I’m very curious to see how metal detecting has helped people overcome challenges in their life.

So I asked our experts: How has metal detecting helped you overcome challenges in your life?

My first memory of retrieving lost objects was as an inquisitive four year old on a family picnic. We went to a place called Loggerheads in Wales. Whilst my family chatted amiably in the sunshine I walked over to a nearby shallow stream. It was just a natural response to scour the bottom of it for anything that caught my eye. A glint of pottery was all it took for me to step into the shallows and take some short steps that aged four would continue throughout my life.
I was a finder of lost things, maybe even rejected or thrown away. We are all flotsam and jetsam in life’s shallows. None of us will be remembered much and we are here today and gone tomorrow. That natural childlike curiosity is a thing that has given me great joy but also without proper guidance and in the wrong environment has caused me great and lasting pain.
Fast forward ten years and aged fourteen I was a likeable, comedian at my school with plenty of friends. Unfortunately many of them were the wrong type of friends to be around at that young age. Out went the sports and learning and in came the drink, drugs and partying.
I left school, got a job and eventually aged eighteen I moved out of town and took a job building motorways. I didn’t know it at the time but that first job out of town would be the first of many that would shape my future to the present day.
We were young and we had worked hard for our money and we spent it on having a good time in various towns and cities all over the United Kingdom. At this point in my late teens early twenties I was a hard working, functioning alcoholic like lots of people if they would only admit it to themselves.
Around about this time in the late eighties my mother bought me my first metal detector a whites coin master. I liked my new hobby but working away a lot I didn’t get much time to practice it. One time when I had no work that first machine got lost to the pawnshop.
Around about this time I lost myself too. I’d been away from home two years and in my absence many of my close friends back home had got themselves serious drug habits. I was pretty much a lamb to the slaughter. I was very naive about their new habits and I was soon out of pocket lending money to Tom, Dick and Harry.The biggest mistake I ever made in my life was deciding to take payments back off them in kind. The very worst kind of all, soon I was hooked just like them and hobbies, life,pleasure,love,sincerity,honour and so many other things were lost to me all of a sudden.
I somehow managed to resume my travels around the country working hard but this time and for many years to come all I was doing was working myself into the ground in some very harsh working environments just to feed a raging drug habit.
Week in week out I’d be working at height or confined spaces maybe using machinery and breathing apparatus. I worked on many prestige contracts from the highlands of Scotland to the South Coast of England and in each city after a hard days work I’d have to go thru the soul destroying rigmarole of getting that monkey off my back.
In my early thirties my mother died and that’s when I struggled big time with bereavement which in turn lead to panic attacks and depression. By this time I still struggled on working away from my hometown but as each year went by I struggled more and more from a combination of these things.
I was truly lost and my health was in a sorry state. That’s when at a loose end I took up Metal Detecting again. It wasn’t easy for me to make time for the hobby or to get out. Something made me stick with it tho. Just when I thought I might catch a break and make some headway in life I was struck down with asthma.
Well I can tell you this came as a great shock and up to this point physically at least I’d thought myself indestructible. I couldn’t even take the dog for a walk and initially it was undiagnosed so that made it even more scary.
My mental health plummeted thru the floor trying to cope with asthma. I was now a complete wreck of a man. A piece of flotsam washed up on life’s shore. Two years it took for me to go out Detecting again once I’d learnt how to manage my asthma a bit better. In that two years I’d also managed to kick drugs into touch.
So I started going out Metal Detecting again just slowly at first not overdoing it.
The biggest turning point for me was online social media. Sitting at home bored one day I started my first Facebook Metal Detecting group. My aim was to help myself and by doing so hopefully help others. Anglo Celtic Metal Detecting on Facebook and YouTube was all unplanned really but its been an immensely satisfying journey both for me and the many friends I’ve made along the way all over this little planet of ours.
I was definitely lost for many years of my life. Now I’ve found countless good friend thru this amazing hobby of Metal Detecting. At its best it’s a network that looks out for each other and encourages people to both overcome life’s difficulties and even shine.
Thank god I stepped into the shallows aged four. Maybe I got swept away eventually but like the objects we discover I’ve only gone and found myself now too. Yes it’s true I do love my Metal Detecting. Can you blame me?

One of my favorite subjects as a sophomore in high school was shop. Shop was my first class, it was fun and I truly enjoyed the instructor. As a matter of fact, the instructor was a relic hunter himself. I will omit names but I will say that this teacher would bring his finds in for the class to see on occasion. At the time I wasn’t at all interested in his display. It wasn’t until years later that I realized what he was showing us was very near and dear to his heart and little did I know that later in life I too would be an avid relic hunter.

Midway through the semester on a cool Spring morning, I sat in class waiting for the bell to ring and for class to begin. The young man that sat in front of me was a friend, he and I had spent many hours chatting about shop projects and whatever else high school boys talk about. He was fun to sit next to and he seemed as happy and carefree as any other boy in school.

What I am about to tell you has significantly changed my life forever. As I sat waiting on class to start I noticed my friend reach into his book bag which sat next to him on the floor. It was at this very moment that I think my initial shock began to set in. His hand seemed to move in slow motion, my thoughts were all over the place and frozen at the same time. I couldn’t work through the jumble in order to make sense of what was happening. It was as if time had stood still and I was completely helpless.

What transpired next has been forever branded in my mind and often keeps me awake at night. My friend had been dealing with things at home, things that he had kept very secret. His home life was in shambles and he was tired. As time stood still and my frozen body refused to work, all the silence was broken. I was later told that the gunshot was deafening yet to this day I cannot remember hearing it. The parts I remember are far too graphic to describe but I will tell you, that day I lost a good friend and a large part of my own life was taken. School was canceled for the day, counselors were called in and things were in disarray.

Fast forward fifteen years. I had finally met my wife and we had our third child, Life was great. I was an avid artifact hunter. My favorite past time had been arrowhead hunting and archaeology in general. We were raising a family and I was for the most part a happy guy. I was never one to let life’s nativities get me down. Or was I? My wife had been paying closer attention and her view was much different. She noticed that I was becoming more and more irritated, depressed and I had begun to crawl into my shell so to speak. I started having panic attacks that seemed to come out of thin air, I was afraid to be in small confined spaces and all I wanted to do was stay home…all of the time!

My wife being the loving women she is, had set me up to see a doctor. I was later diagnosed with generalized anxiety and severe PTSD. Things were a mess and that’s putting it lightly. I had begun a regiment of med’s that were intended to help me regain my life. The anxiety attacks continued, night-sweats were horrible, and I was still withdrawn and didn’t venture far from home. Things gradually got better over time, never completely but better.

Life moves on and I had to move on with it. My son came to me one day and said he wanted a metal detector. Of course being the relic hunter I was, this made my heart swell. My little guy wanted to hunt relics. He was given a Garrett ACE 250 for Christmas that year. We went out several times so he could detect. It wasn’t long until I knew this arrangement wasn’t working. I wanted to detect too. After ordering an AT PRO we detected almost every day.

Soon I realized that swinging a detector was very much a release for me, and outlet if you will that allowed me to venture further and further and not feel those nasty PTSD feelings that had been so brutal all the years past. My son and I now have a you tube channel that we upload our hunts and adventures onto frequently. I still suffer from the PTSD but when I’m detecting that all seems to vanish. Call it magic or mysterious if you will, I call it a miracle.

Metal Detecting has become a very important part of my life. If you ever see me out there in the field swinging my AT Pro, I’m sure it will be obvious right then that that guy is living life. I attribute my freedom to explore freely and my ability to venture out into the unknown to metal detecting. Maybe its just that I love it that much, maybe I get some kind of mental clarity from swinging and hearing the tones go off,

I don’t know but whatever it is, I’ll take it. So that’s my story and that’s part of the reason my wife thinks that my detector is permanently attached to my forearm. Life throws curves, I thought I was strong and could dodge life’s curve balls, I couldn’t have been more wrong. If you get anything from this, I hope it’s that no matter how bad things seem at the time, it will always clear up, the sun will shine again and you will break through…..as long as you never give up!

Metal detecting is a huge art of our lives, if any of you are interested, feel free to check out our you tube channel….Swamp Monkey

When I started metal Detecting back in the late 60′ early 70’s I did it for the fun of finding artifacts, coins, & jewelry.

In my later life I used Detecting as a stress reliever because of the high stress jobs I had. I was in emergency services for most of my life until I retired in Dec of 2013.

I had a great career in law enforcement for 36 years and 7 months and a career in Firefighter/EMT for 18 years.

Whenever I had a bad day or bad call, when I got home, I would grab my metal detector, put my headphones on and forget about life for a little while. Now I Detect after a busy day at both businesses I own. Chippewa Valley Lock & Key LLC and Ground View Metal Detector Sales & Rental.

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Metal Detecting Helps You Overcome Challenges!

There are so many great benefits to metal detecting! We have always told others that in addition to finding valuable items, the hobby can change your life in more ways than one. We hear stories from our customers and fans all the time about what detecting has done for them, especially when it comes to overcoming incredible odds. We are eager to tell YOU about some ways it can help you overcome life’s challenges! Let’s get started!

Metal detecting is a great stress reducer. Going outdoors and feeling the wind on your face, while looking for new places to hunt, gives you a new kind of relaxation. Why? It’s wonderful because you are focusing on the treasure possibilities beneath your feet. Trying a new machine and using the new features also helps to lessen anxiety. We have heard people tell us that they’ve struggled with anxiety and depression, but going outdoors and trying new metal detecting product has helped them heal. It made them think of all the new places they could hunt and brought back joy into their lives again!

Metal detecting helps people overcome loneliness. Once you get into the hobby more, you want to meet with others who like to hunt. We see new groups all the time with treasure hunters that enjoy sharing their finds and tips! We suggest looking up groups in your state and going from there. Try this on our library to get started: https://www.kellycodetectors.com/clubs/index.htm.

You will like how quickly you grow your network of treasure hunters.

Detecting groups build friendships and help to open doors to other interests. For example, let’s say you’ve met other treasure hunters who like silver coins. That could lead to an interest in coin collecting! You might want to see what different types of coins are out there and which ones are the most valuable! Physical challenges are another area in which this hobby can greatly help. People reach out to us saying they have been injured from accidents or recovering from various surgeries, but metal detecting has helped them tremendously.

It also helps them stay physically active. The swinging of the detector aids in repairing muscles during physical therapy. The walking outdoors and using the equipment help build strength overtime. It’s a good idea to consult with your doctor first before jumping in.

Those are just a few of the amazing benefits of metal detecting and how it can help you overcome major challenges. We are so thankful to read such amazing stories of how the hobby has helped so many people! We invite you to visit our library and see more at: https://www.kellycodetectors.com/catalog/library/10-good-reasons/. We want to give a big thank-you to Rob Johnson for giving us another opportunity to share more of our expertise.

I don’t like the smell of old gym socks. Exercise is okay as long as it’s fun.

In 2012 I took up metal detecting as a hobby. But it was limited at first because by 2012 both of my knees had deteriorated to the point they needed replacing. I even had to give up my job because I just couldn’t do it well anymore.

Finally in October of 2012 I had my right knee replaced and then in December my left. Physical therapy started me moving again. But metal detecting is what really got me going. Recovery from knee replacement goes in stages. You start out on crutches, then a cane and finally just your legs.

But my love of metal detecting has given me the drive to walk when it wasn’t comfortable. Each time I go I get just a little better.

No I don’t have the walking ability I had at 20, but it is light years better than it was in 2012 and getting better all the t

Over the years I have collected so many relics, coins and jewelry. I have no idea how to clean them, so I thought I would ask the Experts what methods do you use to clean your metal detecting finds?

What method do I use to clean my finds?

Well, that depends on what the item is, but most importantly, if I’m doubt, I just don’t clean it at all. Thats great advice, but not very practical, because if your like most folks, especially someone new to the hobby, in your excitement you’re going to try and clean them anyway.

I’m going to focus on state coppers and large cents because I’ve seen some people totally destroy these coins with vinegar, electrolysis and just plain old soap and water. I’m not immune either, I’ve tried it all at one time or another, and my toasted coin collection can attest to that.

These coins are generally environmentally damaged, so I avoid water or any type of liquid. Sometimes the dirt/surface corrosion is the only thing that’s holding that image onto your coin. If you take a toothbrush, and some water to it, what you end up with is an illegible clean copper, instead of a somewhat legible, not so clean copper.

My number one rule of thumb when I find a copper is to pop it in my pouch and examine it when I get home. I don’t rub all the dirt off while out in the field. If I can’t see the detail, I wait.

Once home, I let the coin dry out. I want the dirt to be dry before I do anything. When it’s dry, I take a toothpick, and GENTLY work a little of the dirt off an area to see what I’ve got. If it looks like there’s a lot of detail, I will continue removing the dirt to reveal the entire coin.

Then with a q-tip and a very lightly touch, I brush off any remaining particles. Once that’s done, I dip my finger in mineral oil (not olive oil), then wipe off as much of the mineral oil as possible until there is only a slight sheen remaining on my finger. Then I lightly rub the oil on the raised areas of the coin. You have to be very careful not to use too much oil, and if you do it correctly, the oil will bring out the detail beautifully, or in the case of some coins, at least enough to see any detail that’s remaining.

Alternately, you can rub your finger on your face, picking up the oil from your skin, and rub that on the coin, but for obvious reasons I prefer using the mineral oil.

This is a method that works for me, and I like the results. Everyone has their own methods, and results they want to attain, but the bottom line is, if in doubt, just don’t clean it at all.

We believe that detectorists should research the best methods to clean their finds, so that they can enjoy all of them. For this, we’ll focus on cleaning coins. One of the most important pieces of advice we tell others, is to not clean coins you think are valuable. If you end of cleaning a valuable coin, it could decrease the value. Let’s start talking cleaning! Here are three of our best cleaning methods from our library!

First, if you have old, silver coins, the best method is to wet them, get baking soda and have a toothbrush handy. You want to gently use the toothbrush on the coin to remove any visible dirt. Older silver coins are more prone to suffer surface damage. When they do get damage, you will see a “tarnish” or thin layer or corrosion as a result of silver molecules interacting with elements of the environment. If you are cleaning the silver coin only to remove the tarnish, you will end up damaging the coin’s surface.

Second, we recommend a method known as the “dip method”. If you’re looking for a method that gives the least amount of damage for your coins, this is it. In a nut shell, this consists of dipping your coins in a solution and then rinsing them off. This works great for both silver and gold coins. Take some ammonia and fill up a jar with it. Place the coins in the jar and let them sit for a while. After that, you will want to polish them with a cloth.

Third, we suggest cleaning your finds with the jewelry cloths from BLITZ. They already have polish in the cloths and make it even easier to clean! You will see two pieces of cloth sewn together: one for buffering and one for cleaning. This is a faster way of cleaning as well. Today, you can find many methods available. It’s good to always do your research and find the cleaning method that would be best for your specific find.

It’s so great to see others in the hobby sharing their tips and suggestions. So, we encourage you to share them with us! We feature all ideas in the Kellyco library click [Here]. Thank-you to Rob Johnson for the opportunity to have us write this for their blog post!

During my Detecting, I carry a medicine bottle with all labels taken off. I the fill it half full of water and add Dawn dish soap. The good coins I find get put in this bottle. They clean themselves while I continue to hunt.

The clad that I find get put in a jar when I get home. Each gets placed in a plastic coffee container, separated by their denominations.

At the end of hunting season each year I add the total up to see how much I had found throughout the hunt season. My clad gets run through a rock tumbler and then taken to the bank.

My good coins get placed in the 2×2 holders and placed in a Three ring binder.

The relics I find, I use electrolysis to try and clean the best I can. The stuff I can’t get cleaned enough to know what it is gets tossed in the scrap metal pile to be turned in to the scrap guy.

When it comes to cleaning coins you have to be very careful. Anything that you suspect to have great worth, leave it for a professional coin dealer. If you do decide to clean coins on your own here are a few tips.

The coins you dig up have been in the ground or under water for a long time and they will never become pristine.

You should shoot for cleaning the coin surface just enough to identify and date.

SILVER COINS

Line a bowl with aluminum foil. Add table spoon of backing soda and boiling water.

Drop in the silver coin for around 2 to 3 min. Take out and lightly wipe with a soft cloth.

Repeat the process if needed.

COPPER COINS

Use your finger nail or tooth pick to remove as much dirt as possible. Take your fore finger and

Electrolysis Tank- how to clean metal detecting finds

Ultrasonic cleaning of treasure hunting and metal detecting finds

A guide and tour of ultrasonic cleaning on treasure hunting finds. Metal detecting finds are always grimy. Here is a great, fast way to clean your finds with comparisons of results over time using various coins and artifacts in various states. this video includes a series of results from one good condition coin, over a series of cleaning periods to should how to avoid over cleaning your finds.

I was at a loose end one morning and decided to hit the road in order to gain new permissions . I live in a city so I needed to get on the highway out into the countryside . Not being overly familiar with the more rural areas 30 miles or so from home I was just winging it basically and knocking on farmers doors .

I had a couple of knock backs and was feeling a little deflated . I took a small side road and was slowly driving down it keeping my eyes peeled for farmhouses .

That’s when I saw him .

A little old guy was pottering slowly out of his driveway on an old Massey Ferguson tractor that was literally held together by string in some areas . I pulled up and gave him my speech , he looked at me and asked me if I was the genuine type . I laughed heartily and put my hand in my pocket . Then I crossed his palm with a variety of silver coins from the 1800s.

This seemed to do the trick and he pointed out some of his nearby fields . The old chaps name was Derek . Eighty five years old and a farmer thru and thru .

He was as much a part of the local Cheshire landscape here in the U.K. as the hedgerows and the old oak trees . That first day I didn’t find much really.

However I went back again and again and soon found one little field next to the local church that started producing finds that meant a great deal to me and also to many of my friends I’d take up there . One of my favorite finds was an enamel Roman disc brooch with lots of color left on it .

Here in England finding a medieval Hammered silver coin is a big deal especially your first one . It’s kind of like gaining your Boy Scout badge for metal detecting . Well imagine how happy I was when I took a friend up there and he got his first Hammered coin a Queen Elizabeth the first from the 1500s .

I soon pumped old Derek for some information on his neighbors farms .

After about 18 months of going up there I had gained maybe as many as eight farms in that locality . I went on to find many Hammered coins and so did my friends .

Roman brooches and some really cool relics , buckles etc .

I’d still be going up there to this day but a few months ago I moved south to be with my girlfriend . I can’t deny that I do miss my old friend Derek greatly . He was the one who sparked off my love of old tractors .

He had many that belonged to his father mainly Ford Majorsons and Massey Fergusons . Although a lot of the finds came off Derek’s neighbors farms it was gaining that initial one that gave me the keys to that rural idyll .

Some of my other favorite finds from up there were a George 3 rd silver Bank token from 1811 and a gold half sovereign from the early 1900s .

I also went on to find a shoulder plate from a red coat soldier from the time of King George the third . This was worn on the white sash on his breast over his iconic red coat .

The list of bucket list finds we made up there is a long one but more than that it was really the making of my YouTube channel being able to get many of these exciting finds on film .

My advice to anyone seeking new permissions is look for an old man driving a tractor and cross his palm with silver .

Treat him with respect and get to know his neighbors. Do that and you will truly be at one with yourself , our hobby and the beautiful countryside.

Over the years I have had several permissions that stand out in my mind.

The “Spud diggers ultimate permission,” when I found a Chinese coin, that was great .

A trip down to Nevada ghost town with Monte’s group where I found a functional railroad lock and a barber dime.

Those are just a couple of my favorite permissions. But my most favorite was just down the street. There is a guy whose house is just a couple blocks away. He lives in a 50’s house with a detached garage. He repairs cars in his dilapidated old garage to make a living. He is really good with older cars.

I asked him one day how old his house was. He said it was moved onto the property in the early fifties. So I asked him if I could metal detect his yard. He said “okay”, but that one of kids already had.

That didn’t deter me. His yard is pretty big. So I took my F19 and started gridding the yard. I was meticulous, but couldn’t even find a clad penny.

His kid had done a great job. Finally behind some bushes I got a good signal. It was too good.

It read in the 90’s. Of course I dug it anyway. 6 inches down I found this;

That really made my day. No site is ever completely cleaned out. That was the biggest silver coin I’ve ever found.

Spud Digger obtained this permission through a friend. It’s a big area that could probably be detected forever and still find cool stuff.

Some would say that the finds have not been that great but to me they are awesome. The place has lots of tin and trash, so that makes it challenging but fun.

I have found a lot of firsts at this location. I’ve found several cool coins. A buffalo, 1889 V nickel, two Indian head pennies, one that was a worn 1873.

A Standing Liberty quarter from the 20s and a very toasted 1877 seated dime. My one and only seated.

I have also found many cool relics from axe heads, pocket watch to several spoons. Even a cool bottle or two. The scenery is amazing so that is nice also. Doing the research and seeing some old pictures of the area has also been fun.

Most great detecting spots come from many hours of research but my greatest permission came from two wrong turns.My good friend and I had no idea what was in store for us.This permission changed both of us as detectorist forever.

Spring of 2016 I had been posting detecting videos for about 6 months at the time and started making good friends as a result.Two of these guys who I had got to know gave me an open invitation to join them on a detecting trip in the fall.Right on!I was so excited to meet them in person and I knew that my oldest finds could definitely come while detecting with either one of them.From spring through the fall we kept in touch and little by little started planning out spots to hunt.After many months of serious anticipation, fall came and I flew to Ohio for a solid week of hunting with my new Jeremy.

The original plan was for Jeremy and I to hunt his permissions in Ohio for four days then travel down to Kentucky and then on to Tennessee to hunt colonial sites with our new buddy Seven through the weekend.Well, from the time I took off from Seattleuntil I landed in Ohio the previous made plans started to crumble.The late 1700s home that we were to hunt later in the week, sold the exact day I landed and another land owner never returned a phone call.Geez!So within a few miles away from the airport we just decided to take a random exit and gained a couple of good permissions which yielded some cool finds the rest of the day.

So after a good day of hunting, we immediately scrapped more plans for the next day and decided to head back up to that general area and just door knock all these crazy old homes in the middle of cornfields.These farmers living in this area were some of the nicest people I have ever met in my life.

Our first permission on day 2 was an 1870s school house.There were not signals anywhere around that cool old building.We decided to head back toward the interstate after that but accidently took a wrong turn.At the end of this road we saw this beautiful old home and it appeared to be abandoned.

I just had an amazing feeling about that house and wanted to detect it bad.I looked across the street from that home I spotted a little local diner and asked Jeremy to pull over there to see if they knew who owned that house.I walked into the diner and ordered up a bowl of chili and the waitress informed us that the dentist in town owns that house.She gave us directions to his office downtown.

We went there and gained permission to detect his house he had up for sale.He did warn us that the house had been detected a couple of times and we might not find anything.Boy, was he mistaken.

That house was loaded with old coins (seated half dime, barbers, merc, tons of Indians, Wheaties, silver thimble, and very cool relics dating as far back to early 1800s.)Wow this was the greatest permission I have ever had.But this my best permission was yet to come.

The next day we decided to drive back upto that area again and we went back to the dentist house and started the day off with some more Indians.Dang!After leaving that house we decided to try to find that road we were hunting on the day I arrived in Ohio.Well, both of us being new to the area, we took another wrong turn and ended up truly in the middle of nowhere.But the houses were the oldest I have ever seen.

As we drove past this one beautiful brick house I had another one of those feelings and asked Jerimy to turn around.We pulled up the house and located the farmer back by the barn and the farmer’s sister in law and her husband came shortly afterward.While they were nice folks they seemed very reluctant to let us detect around their house. The farmer’s wife mentioned that one time she found a mercury dime just lying on top of the ground by one of the tree roots and I noticed her eyes light up when she told the story. Bam!I hatched an idea.

I mentioned that I had an extra detectors and ask if she would like to use it.She said yes and the three of us had fun searching around that beautiful old home.Unfortunately, the ground was infested with ground hogs and the property was void of almost any signals.Frustrated but very thankful for the opportunity we thanked them and we about to get into the truck when the farmer mentioned that there was an old old two story log cabin on the corner of their property until the early 1900s!Well, we decided it was worth a try.Almost immediately we each pulled an Indian, then early Wheaties, then it happened, large cents and my very first flat buttons ever.Even the junk was amazing.

The items ranged from the later 1700s through the early 1900s.I was so upset dark hit that day because the next morning we had to make the trip down to Kentucky.While Kentucky was an amazing trip with amazing finds I still kept thinking about that cabin site.As soon as we got back into Ohio we got a few hours of sleep and immediately headed back to the cabin site. Four more large cents and many flat buttons were found that day.Among the flat buttons was a Dandy, tombacs, and even a 1600s pewter button.My oldest coin was an 1801 Draped Bust Large Cent.Definitely the greatest permission ever. That farmer gave Jeremy and I exclusive permission to hunt their property anytime we want.On another portion of that property, Jeremy has recovered over 70 flat buttons, a Spanish 2 reale, and numerous colonial artifacts,Man! I can’t wait to get back out there next fall.

Metal Detecting In The USA

Permission Letter for Metal Detecting

How to obtain permission to metal detect or search private property.

Trespassing on private property can result in your being arrested or jailed. Your finds, metal detector, and even your vehicle could be confiscated and later sold at public auction. Fines could be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Before you even set your coil on the ground it is best to be absolutely positive that metal detecting is allowed or you have permission from the landowner.

A landowner could be a private individual, mayor, city police, county police, school superintendent, or even park rangers. It all depends on where you are going to metal detect.

To metal detect on public property, contact the mayor’s office (city hall) or city police. They will be able to either grant you permission or refer you to the person in charge of the property.

School superintendents and principals can grant you access to public school grounds and athletic fields. All schools have an office with a principal that can grant you the permission you need. A superintendent of schools can grant you access to more than one school. You should still contact the individual school principal and let them know that you have been granted permission from the superintendent just out of common courtesy.

City parks usually have a Parks Department. The head groundskeeper or Park Superintendent can grant you access. Sometimes the parks come under city property and a permit may be required. The permit is usually free and good for one year. Inquire at city hall for more information on metal detecting city parks.

Courthouse and county owned parks and property come under the authority of a county judge or sheriff department. There may even be a County Parks Department and they would be able to grant access or refer you to someone else.

Before metal detecting a state park inquire at the park office or the head ranger. Some parks allow detecting and some don’t. Some have special hours or even months that you cannot detect…like during peak tourist season.

All federal parks are covered by the 1979 ARPA law (Archaeological Resources Protection Act). Click here to read the 1979 ARPA in pdf format. Check with the park ranger. Maybe they allow metal detecting at a beach or shallow water hunting. It cannot hurt to ask. Leave your detector at home before inquiring. You do not want to be caught with a metal detector in your possession if metal detecting is not allowed.

Lakes, beaches, or swimming areas that are along navigable waterways could be controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Check with them for permission or referral.

Churches are not public property. They are private and you need to acquire permission. Larger churches have an office. Rural churches may require a little detective work. Some have signs posted with contact numbers (if you are lucky enough).

Graveyards can fall into any category of ownership. I personally will not hunt in graveyards.

Drive-in theaters are private property usually owned by an individual, investors, corporation, etc.

Private Homes You know you need permission to metal detect a private residence. This is going to require an interaction between you and the home owner. When I was stationed at Tooele Army Depot I went knocking door to door in Tooele, Utah. My hunting partner Jeff Herke was with me. I would say we received permission at least 75% of the time. We would knock on the door, introduce ourselves and politely ask if we could search their lawn for old coins. This was around 1977-1978 and it worked very well for us. I am not so sure that I would take this approach in 2010. If the homeowner was out doing yard work or washing his car or something to that effect, I would casually introduce myself and ask. I personally would not knock on the door but instead would send a letter of introduction. for a permission letter to metal detect on private property(see example below). Highlight and copy and paste into your word processor and make the necessary changes. (It would be more personal to hand write the letter). Good luck!

Metal detecting overseas in a foreign country has it’s own set of rules and regulations. It is best to inquire at the government level of the city or town nearest to where you want to search. Contact metal detector users from foreign countries in the forums. There is metal detecting in England, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, etc. and one should be able to find a contact through these forums.

This is just a guide. It is up to each individual to obtain permission to metal detect on public and private property.

Permission Letter

Date

Dear Property Owners Name,

I would like to introduce myself. My name is (Name) and I have lived in (Your Town) for (Number of Years). I am (Age) years old, (married/single) with (number of children). Normally, I would prefer to meet you in person, but I feel that a letter beforehand is a better approach than just knocking on your door at an inconvenient time and invading your privacy.

I have been engaged in the hobby of metal detecting for (Number of Years) years and find it a healthful, enjoyable pastime that allows me to meet many interesting people. The thrill of finding old coins, buttons, etc. is very rewarding to me.

Recently, I have researched information that your property and the area surrounding it goes back many years. I would like to obtain permission for myself and a friend to detect your property.

I want you to understand that I always respect the property that I search and leave it in the same condition that I found it. Normally the targets are no deeper than 4 or 5 inches and I retrieve them such that the ground appears not to be disturbed. In addition, I would like to offer my services to you.

Perhaps you or someone you know has lost a valuable ring, a cache or a farm tool. I would be willing to assist just for the thrill of the search. I have enclosed a self addressed stamped envelope for your convenience and would be happy to meet with you if further discussion is required.

What are your Pet-Peeves in metal detecting?

When I get a really clean signal and start to dig a plug and the ground is like concrete. UGH!!!

When I feel like I am digging to China and wonder how much deeper I have to go!!!!!

PULL TABS >>>> I have decided to either make something with them or give them to a school.

SNAKES!!!! I just can’t deal with that.

Last but not least , please cover your holes and take the trash with you.

Tressala Osborne

I have a few pet peeves when it comes to metal detecting. I’m sure they are pet peeves to others in the hobby also.

The first one is not refilling holes. I don’t care where you are, you need to refill your holes.

The second one is not picking up your trash. If you are going to take the time to dig it, dispose of it properly. There is nothing that drives me more nuts. I get a signal and look down to find a plug or hole that has been dug. Then you find their target (trash usually) in the hole or next to the hole. Besides if it’s a location you are going to return to, do you really want to dig the same trash again.

The third is learning how to cut a proper flap in sod. You want to try and make it look like no one has been there. Poor and disrespectful actions by a few, reflect on all in the hobby, which is unfortunate but true.

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Pet Peeve: How annoying is it when people refer to us as “He (or she) is a metal detector?” Or, “Oh, You’re a metal detector?”

Dear rest of the world who do not metal detect: We are Detectorist’s. We are not the machine, we are the user’s of the machine. Therefore, Detectorist’s.

Listening to someone speak to a group of us “detectorists” a while back, I had to grit my teeth as he said “You metal detectors…”, and yes, technically, with our machines in hand, we are metal detectors. We detect metal, but again, we are not the machines, we are the users of the machine. Calling us metal detectors is just wrong, and just sounds wrong.

This must be a universal pet peeve in English speaking countries, as evidenced by the first episodes of both seasons of the popular UK show Detectorists, where the person calling them metal detectors has to be corrected to the proper term, i.e. detectorists. Great show by the way.

My guy has his own way of dealing with being called a metal detector, and likes to drive me mad by frequently teasing that he is not a detectorist, he is a “Metal Detective”. I wished him good luck with that, and assured him that he is sure to make many friends at the local detecting club by introducing himself as “Mark, the Metal Detective”.

I dream that some day folks will get it right, and my spell check will actually recognize the term and stop highlighting my every use of the word, but until then …sigh. And no, I’m not a “metal detective” either–I’m a Detectorist–

D-E-T-E-C-T-O-R-I-S-T

Okay, pet peeve is over–Happy Hunting to all my fellow Detectorist’s out there! *After I posted this, I received a comment with a link to a YouTube clip which was one of the scenes I was thinking about when I wrote this, see clip above to see exactly what I’m talking about. It seems I’m not the only one with this Pet Peeve.

My pet peeve are the manufacturers selling to big box stores selling machines to people and neither the people or sales personnel know nothing about detecting.

People buy their machine and go get a shovel and start digging holes. It comes down to god all mighty dollar. With untrained people going out and digging without training of digging techniques, the knowledge of federal, state, and local laws.

This is one of the reasons more and more places are getting shut off to detecting.

After detecting for 24 years you run into a lot of different things that start to bother you.

Unfortunately everyone doesn’t use common sense when metal detecting…

My biggest pet peeve is when someone digs a target and leaves the hole unfilled. It adds even more anger when they leave the garbage they dug on top of the pile of dirt they removed from the hole. This not only makes me mad but can get people who Detect kicked off properties permanently.

My second pet peeve is when you take someone detecting with you on a permission you secured. Then they decide to start detecting that property on there own. I hate to say this has happened to me in the past. You loose friends over this type of behavior.

My third pet peeve is when I do lots of research for a place and start finding stuff. Then lots of people start asking you to take them. I don’t mind the asking as much as them getting mad when I say no.

My last pet peeve is when you take people to your spots. Then you find out they have there own permissions and they take other people except you because they think you find too much. When I invite people to my spots I love it when they find great things. It means I did the proper research. I wouldn’t invite someone unless I want them to find lots of targets.

With all that said. I hope none of you encounter and of these and if you do hope you handle them without losing friends.

I don’t really have any little pet peeves with metal detecting. I am a fairly easy going person.

However I do have one large pet peeve with ARPA-The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979.

In 1906 under the guidance of President Roosevelt the Antiquities Act was enacted. Its purpose was to allow the government to protect certain areas from wanton destruction by declaring them National Monuments. Such places as Gettysburg, Craters of the Moon etc. were protected. I think that was a great Idea.

Then 73 years later congress decided that the Antiquities Act wasn’t enough. So they put into the effect ARPA. ARPA is overkill. Anything that could potentially be an Archaeological resource is protected with stiff laws and stiff penalties. The problem is that any manmade object could be an Archaeological resource.

If not now but in 100 years. So everything has potential.That means that an old homestead out in the middle of nowhere falls under ARPA. There are thousands of old homesteads. I have sincere doubts any Archaeological team will ever excavate that homestead. And if by some miracle they do a site exploration someday there won’t be much left to find.

Those old homesteads are rapidly returning to the dirt. There is one small saving grace. Something has to be over 100 years old to be considered an Archaeological resource under ARPA.ARPA came about because of the reckless actions of others who were tearing up the land looking for treasure and profit and the over inflated egos of the Archaeology community. They acted like a little kid going, “mine-mine-mine!” So when you are out detecting please be respectful of the land so that we don’t give congress any reasons to tighten the law. Besides it’s the proper thing to do.

So this is a great topic. While I think that detecting is the greatest hobby, there are a few things that get under my skin and make the hobby a little less enjoyable at times. So in true Okie style, here’s the items at the top of my list:

Poachers- There’s way too many of these people out there. As you all may be aware it is getting increasingly difficult to obtain permissions. After a ton of research, meeting with the property owner and gaining permission, you and the property owner arrive at the site only to discover open holes and trash scattered about. Man that makes my blood boil. I am waiting for the day I come across one of those people. Always gain permission to hunt a spot.

Vultures- This variety of Vulture doesn’t have feathers, walks on two legs and swings a detector. When word gets out that someone has found a good spot, it seems like everyone within a 50 mile radius swoops in and scoops up the leftovers. Come on people, take the time to find your own spot and respect that person that took the time to find that spot on their own! Geez!

Posers- These are the guys that are always bragging about the amazing things they find when in reality it probably came from Ebay or a coin shop. They have never been skunked or have a bad hunt. If anyone reading this can truly say they have found handfuls of amazing finds on every single hunt, I would love to fly wherever you are and meet you. These people could be found on forums, your local metal detecting club, or even on a tv show or detecting videos. Keep it real. This does more damage than people think, especially to new detectorists. Some people are so starved for views, attention, ratings or popularity that they fail to represent the hobby truthfully. That’s gotta be a sad way to live and those people need to go away.

Ground hogs- Again I am not talking about the critters who live in the ground eating grubs and roots. I am talking about the lazy slobs who use the world as their garbage can and have no respect for public or private property. These people do not cut proper plugs, cover there holes and take their garbage with them. They are endangering the future of detecting. Cities all over the country have banned detecting from public property because a couple of these crappy people who damaged or destroyed the grounds. It only takes one person to ruin it for everyone. ALWAYS FILL IN YOUR HOLES NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE HUTNING AND TAKE OUT THE TRASH! Leave the place cleaner than the way you found it.

Fun suckers- Finally are the fun suckers. These people can ruin a good day of detecting in a heartbeat. They are on a mission to makes everyone’s business their own. They cannot control themselves when others having an enjoyable time digging. These people seem to have the ability to know every single city ordinance or code about detecting and feel obligated to educate you. They want to truly suck all the fun out of what your doing. They do suck alright. Anyway, be prepared to suggest a hobby that might occupy them like reading, knitting, stamp collecting, or bingo.

Elitism, is my biggest pet peeve, you see it every where, in every subject of study, sport and hobby. Why is it, that in all things one human must be superior to another and in that superiority see a need to marginalize and dominate for means of control over people environments and situations?

Shouldn’t one strive (if they must, strive) to be the humble champion through their best efforts, instead of stomping others below them into the mud?

I have summated that it must be due to the part of the beast that is still human, or the earthen body of man, seeking to lead the pack and assure the survival of his/her genes over the competition. But what is man who lives at the level of the beast, but just another beast?

James Allen Wrote;

“A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with God-like thoughts.”

HE also argued that a bestial character is the long time espousement of beast like attributes and thoughts.

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”

I once hoped to bring unity to the groups of people in the different communities I associate with and soon realized that the idea is rather Utopian and to some therefore unattainable and poo pooed. But, I think it is worth the striving and realized it must start with me.

The survival of our sport, hobby and ways of life that are worth keeping are worth fighting for, in fighting we must be an example, lead from the front or not at all. What sane person wants to join the sport of metal detecting after spending a few moments on treasure net or on a metal detecting site on social media these days… these are the windows to the world for the future generations like it or not and its up to us to be good ambassadors.

We are advertising what it is and who we are as a whole. We are already starting from a place in the public’s eyes that isn’t so favorable. Can you envision the stereo type in your mind… does it look like a middle aged, balding male, out of shape, wearing new balance tenirunners, jealously guarding, “other peoples”, lost stuff he’s found? (mostly true for me) HAHA

I know we can do better at promoting the sport we love. I know most the time we are pretty good! But ever more these days with the inhibiting aid of the internet we can be very ugly.

Now, excuse me while I step down off my soapbox… you did ask for a pet peeve, didn’t you?! [wipes brow, veins popping out]

It is a piece of private property surrounded by BLM land that contains a lot of history. I was approached by a BLM officer (who turned out to be the husband of my wife’s friend!) claiming I was hunting on public land.

Fortunately I had my GPS with my hunting chip showing land ownership.

I explained it was private and he apologized and let me continue hunting. He explained there were numerous citations given this summer for disturbing historical sites in the area. This included digging holes and pulling apart rock foundations. As I was talking to him I looked down at the ground where we were standing and noticed a hole not buried.

As we show people this hobby let’s teach them respect for the historical aspect of it as well. It has gotten worse over the last couple of years. More and more destruction of places I have been going to lately. Don’t be lazy bury your holes no matter where you are! Don’t be an a–hole and destroy pieces of history!

– Jim

For some reason I find planted hunts a complete turnoff.

I know they serve a purpose of raising money for a club or charity but it’s like all the stuff I hate regarding detecting rolled into one. I hate crowds and prefer to avoid places where big crowds gather.

I hate hunting for recent drops unless I’m searching for a specific item like a ring. I don’t like participating in timed contests and never did.

I hated SAT tests as a kid and guess that dislike continues to this day. I’d rather find one nice legit silver dime at depth than 50 planted silver dimes at a hunt.

I like hunting slow, not at break neck speed. Seeking targets through research or intuition requires thought, patience and observation.

Hunts are like organized chaos where the area is roped off and hunters act like a pack of hungry dogs unleashed to find morsels of food. It’s just not an activity I find satisfying. It appeals to base instincts rather than higher levels of thought.

I love to find out how and why people get into metal detecting. What drives you?

So I ask: Why do you metal detect?

The responses have been fantastic!

I think it’s more appropriate to first ask why I started metal detecting.

Well I thought about it many years ago, but was persuaded not to by my x. One night after the big D, I was on Facebook and thought “I wonder if there are any metal detecting groups on here” and I found one in Europe.

Well it was enough for me to bite the bullet and buy a used Garrett 350. I have only been detecting just under 3 years, but boy do I have the MD bug. I have a lot of hobbies, but metal detecting is at the top. So why do I dig?

Well for someone with a high stress job, it’s my de-stressor. You never know what you’ll find and even a bad day hunting, is better than a good day at work.

My finds and the great people I have met, are all icing on the cake. Now to just find that elusive Indian. LOL.

There has never been an activity, sport or hobby that had made me feel so good, so calm, or so at peace with the world, or myself. It doesn’t matter what is going on in my life, once my focus switches to metal detecting mode, I think of nothing other than what I’m doing. It’s a general break from life, and an overall boost for my body and soul.

Then, there is the reward. It may be an old coin, jewelry or an interesting relic to add to my collection. Everyone has their favorite finds, and discovering a favorite just adds to the high.

That said though, the euphoria still exists, even if nothing much is found, and that is something that family, friends, or anyone who does not metal detect seems to have great difficulty comprehending.

Why would I want to go hunting all day long without the promise of a reward? Why would I still be in such a good mood even after returning empty handed? And this is probably one of the hardest things to explain, but it’s not all about the treasure. It’s the combination of the search, the mesmerizing swinging of the coil, the physical work out, being out of doors, the history attached to something, and of course if lucky, the reward. Happy Hunting!

There are probably as many answers to this question as there are detectorists.

For me it is because detecting is natural extension of my personality and interests. I have always been a problem solver. I’m intensely curious about how things work. I take things apart to see what makes them tick. I’m what is called a tinkerer.

So when I first set eyes on a new permission I’m very curious as to what is buried there. When my detector tells me to dig I get excited to see what’s there.

Someone else’s trash is a lot of fun to dig. Once I dig up my little treasure, then I get to figure out what it is. It is all fun. Even trash is fun. You get to puzzle over what it was originally.One of my strongest interests is History.

From the Greeks to Homesteaders in Owyhee county. I never get enough history. When you metal detect you are always digging up yesterday.

My metal detecting is focused on relic hunting. So when I metal detect I get to problem solve and find history.

I metal detect because it is fun and intriguing. So when I say fun, I mean just that.

I love being outdoors in the sun, wind, and even some rain. I have detected in the cold as well. Thru all the days I detected in the heat until I almost dropped….I still had fun.

I enjoy getting the exercise while enjoying something that I love and am very passionate about it.

I am fascinated with History and the thrill of saving something from the past. I enjoy getting my hands in the dirt and feeling part of the earth. 🙂

Tressala

I’ve been digging since I was 8 years old. My grandpa and I used to dig bottles and my passion started back then.

I went on my first civil war dig 8 years ago and my first signal was a 3 ringer and I’ve been hooked since! My dad passed the love of history on to me. He was killed in an accident almost 2 years ago and digging and detecting has helped me get through the pain and loss.

Any chance I get to detect I do and my passion is civil war sites and battles. Even if I don’t detect I pull the strength and bravery of those soldiers out. The rush of pulling out a bullet never gets old. Each one and relic tells a story. This is not just a hobby to me but a way of life. Meeting people who share the same passion is priceless too!!

I began my journey in 1965 or 66. My passion is as strong today as it was then.

It is a hobby that exemplifies some of the best in human nature.

A metal detectorist / dirt digger/ coin shooter, does more to preserve, human history / culture than most people will ever know…….a dirt digger makes our playgrounds safer for our children and the rest of us as well.

The Metal detectorist aids in evidence collection for the police, help couples find there lost wedding bands, find property stakes, and remove more trash from the ground , than you could understand etc

With all that said about metal detecting, people are leaving messes, leaving trash and holes in the ground is untrue. Most detecting people are very conscious of this hobby, careful and extremely courteous to all and still we have MANY who are trying to shut down this hobby because there are a small number of careless, thoughtless, inconsiderate and simply do not care detectorists. They are the ones who need to be stopped, they give us all a bad reputation.

Yes, a true coin shooter takes all trash with him/her and disposes of it properly, we still get rid of it… Getting rid of it is what we do… We are performing a service that should be Recognized and Respected and not Disrespected.

Will leave the areas in good condition always and we are a collective of good metal detectorists

I was always fascinated with items from years past. Who hasn’t dreamt of getting in a time machine and going back in time? Well, there is no such thing as a time machine but you can go back to the past…sort of.

There is no other feeling as when you unearth an item from a long gone era.

You’re in awe and wonderment. You have in your hand a lost piece of history. You can literary feel a connection with the person who last dropped it. What were they doing here? How did it get lost? What were they feeling when they realized it was gone?

Rather it a coin, a button or a buckle. It doesn’t matter, I get to go back in time and that’s the true treasure….. and that’s why I metal detect.

Dave DiNatale

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We love that detecting gets us outside as a family! My favorite part about it all is learning new things with my kids. They have developed such an interest in history from detecting!

We love to speculate about HOW a coin or relic ended up where it did, or WHO may have lost that item. Tracing relics to owners, places or time periods is a lot of fun. Learning the history behind a specific item is something we spend a lot of time doing.

I love that we can pass down interests like this to our children. Digging something up, and knowing you are likely the first person to have touched that item in a hundred or more years, is an amazing feeling that never gets old!

Seeing the excitement on my children’s faces when they get a signal is priceless. It’s great to see in this day and age, that our kids are into the outdoors and history.

Even better is that they are into sharing their passion with others! We detect not only to find and save history, but to pass it on to our children and preserve it for the future!

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I’ve only been metal detecting for under two years.

I’m really enjoying it. I guess it’s like most hobbies. You get out for hours or a day and you focus on something you enjoy doing. I can get away from the stresses of work and life. I’ve let the whole day slip away detecting before, thinking it had only been a couple hours. Time flies when detecting.

I love finding old stuff. Sure I love finding old coins the best, but I like anything old. It’s interesting to try and figure out what something is and what it was used for. I like thinking about why it is there and who had it last. I think about the people who may have lost the item. I try and imagine what life was like for them and what they were doing to lose an item.

I think the coolest thing thing about detecting is not knowing for sure what you may be digging up. The more I detect the better I get at making an educated guess but you never know for sure. What other hobby out there that is like metal detecting. It kind of feels like Christmas. Every hole I dig can be a surprise. It could be trash, lots of trash, but it also could be something old, valuable or historical. That’s the thrill of metal detecting and I love it.

I started as a grade school kid looking at Grandpas Goldbug, hanging on the wall. Just the intrigue and anticipation of imagined gold and treasure to be found was enough to have me hooked before I ever swung a detector and it’s stuck with me all this time.

Today, after years of being a casual detectorist, I have found myself switching gears into detecting being my main hobby. It makes great sense with my busy life. Detecting is affordable, challenging and fun. All I needed to renew my interest in a big way was the powerful, easy to use, powerful, White’s Mx Sport and I have been on my way.

Detecting makes a great way to relieve stress, be outside, explore, treasure hunt, make friends and network with limited time and on a dad budget. Detecting is also a great sport for the whole family and my kids have found a new reason to think it’s fun to hang out with dad.

I truly believe I was born with treasure hunting in my blood. Some of my earliest and fondest childhood memories involved the trips to the local dump. I know that sounds strange but let me explain. When my dad would load up that old Datsun pickup with junk laying around the house, I started to get real excited. I knew I was about to have an amazing adventure and find some amazing stuff.

I just couldn’t believe the things people threw away. It was amazing and it was all treasure to me. I loved it so much that I aspired to become a garbage man when I grew up so I could have my pick of all that good stuff before it even made it to the dump.

My mother still has proof of this desire. In early grade school, I was asked to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a picture of a garbage man. I was already hooked even before I lost all my baby teeth.

Fast forward a few years, I remember listening to metal detecting stories and tales of buried treasure between my dad and uncle. Man! that was so cool.

They took me out detecting once or twice but I didn’t quite have the attention span required to swing a detector. I was a digging machine though. I forgot about that dump when I starting seeing all the cool stuff that was buried in that Oklahoma Red Clay. Wow! That was so much cooler than digging through the mountain of garbage.

On one of those adventures I remember digging a hole and out popped an old lead toy horse. Bam! I was really hooked then. I still have that horse. I started showing interest in using a metal detector in Junior high and High School.

History was my favorite subject and especially Oklahoma History. This love of history combined with this treasure hunting bug came together when my day acquired an 1898 map of the county where I grew up. We didn’t find much during those adventures but that’s what got me started.

High School, College and a few years beyond I never lost the passion to digging up history but my interests and priorities shifted toward my career and starting a family. I didn’t detect but maybe once a year.

Finally, let’s fast forward to about five years ago. One day at work, I received a phone call from back home. My mom informed me my grandfather is very ill and has only a few days left. He passed away that next week.

When I flew back home, I started hearing of a story my grandfather told to the entire family on his death bed. It was a story of buried outlaw treasure where he grew up. He was adamant that there was still a very large cache of gold buried on this property.

This intrigued me. My cousin and I were talking after the funeral and both felt like we should dust off those old detectors sitting in my parent’s garage and head out to that property where he grew up.

After duct taping the shaft back together on one and buying a set of headphones and an adapter from the dollar store for the other one we set out to find that treasure. We didn’t find any gold or treasure that day but I discovered more valuable than that.

I rediscovered my love for history and the passion for discovering and preserving it. That’s the greatest treasure of all in my opinion. I have metal detected every single week since that moment to the present. I miss my grandpa very much but each time I go detecting, I feel like he is right along side me on each adventure.

I metal detect Because of the history, the mystery and the joy it can give people you would never meet other wise. Let me explain.

Every button, bullet, coin, buckle, ring, broach, etc has both. Some easy as a kid pocket spilling all of their change in the middle of the school field or soccer mom losing her ring cheering her kids on, and there is still a mystery with those kind of finds. Who’s ring was it. Was it significant or just a junk silver ring from the local thrift store. Did the school kid need that change for a soda he was looking forward to.

Then it gets deeper then that. Excuse the pun lol…….

My favorite stuff to dig for is civil war and rev war relics. Every bullet has a story.

Was it dropped or was it shot at someone. Or could it have passed through a deer to feed a family. The shoe buckle you just dug, could it have been flung off from some kid that was playing with his friends in the woods. Or could it have been a soldiers that was just shot and fell off where he took his last breath. etc…

The history is there because we can put a time frame on the items we found. But the one thing we will always ponder with our finds is the mystery of how it got there. How it ended up six plus inches in the dirt. Who’s was it. What were they like then. All kinds of questions related to the mystery.

I mentioned the joy. Recently my good buddy Steve Huffman found an old high school ring from the 1970s smack in the middle of hay field in southern Maryland. He didn’t know where to start looking so we teamed up and found the owner.

I know it happens often with lost rings but to us this was special. She has been dealing with medical problems for the last couple years and the sound of her voice when she called me would brighten anyone’s day up. You could tell it meant something to her, had memories connected to that ring and how she must have felt putting it on again. That’s one reason we do this.

Last but not least is the joy you get to see when kids dig. Now I can take my son out digging and he can find a piece of can-slaw or a half decayed penny from 2001 and act like a pig in slop he’s so happy.

Passing this hobby on is a must to keep the community great.

Just a little background on me. I live smack in the middle of the area where the war of 1812 and the battle of north point was fought. The house I grew up in I could walk to the end of my neighborhood and see the spot where Francis Scott Key was held captive and wrote the national anthem.

There is a cannonball my grandfather found off the shore that I would bet was shot during that battle. I credit that cannon ball and the story behind it for getting me in this hobby.

The popularity of treasure hunting and metal detecting shows on television has brought a resurgence back to this pastime.

Onlookers of this hobby are under the impression that people who metal detect are seeking the “holy grail”, however, recreational detectors will tell you that for every decent find pulled out of the ground there are at least ten finds of junk metal.

Metal detector enthusiasts not only unearth coins and the occasional piece of jewelry but they by the metal detecting code of properly disposing the scrap metal they find, not only environmental purposes but for safety of mankind.

Getting punctured by a hypodermic needle or getting cut by a rusty piece of metal can cause a variety of health risks.

To create a safer environment for our children to play in, we must consider how much metal is unearthed on a weekly basis by metal detector hobbyists. On Average, a person metal detecting for six hours for one day a week, can easily pull up and properly dispose of at least one pound of junk metal.

This number may not be alarming until it is compared to how many people are metal detecting. A conservative estimate of twenty people per town/city detecting on a regular weekly basis would equate to twenty pounds a week or 1,040 pounds of potential dangerous metals pulled up on an annual basis.

To compound these numbers even further, we will continue to use these conservative figures and break it out by the number of towns and cities a state might have. A small state like Massachusetts has roughly 300 towns and cities. If we multiply the number of municipalities by the number of people metal detecting, we can easily estimate 6000 pounds a week or 312,000 pounds per year.

To further explore these calculations, imagine if we were able to gauge these figures on a national level. Again, to be conservative we will use a small state like Massachusetts as our base when approximating the number of towns/cities. These figures are staggering, as the people of the metal detecting community will be extracting 300,000 pounds of metals on a weekly basis 15,600,000 pounds annually.

As the famous saying goes, “figures don’t lie, liars figure”. The numbers are in black and white and are there to benefit both hobbyists and families who enjoy the beaches, parks, and their own backyards.

This machine is a land or water machine to 10ft. deep. It has wireless headphones and a DD coil. I currently have 3 of the 4 coils available for it.
It has enhanced FE-CO Discrimination, Full color display, Global Positioning System, Computer integration, Enhanced menu structure, Ergonomic design, Multi-Language options, FBS-2, Smartfind2, and so much more.
My favorite is the Combined Audio function where You can set the tone different for the items You are searching. Auto/Manual Ground Balance, Auto/Manual Sensitivity, Very User Friendly.

PROS:

Very Good discrimination in trashy areas, Sees through iron

Very Good Depth, Pulls finds from hunted out areas,

Well balanced, Wireless Audio makes it easy in digging items,

Can set up programs on computer then upload them to machine,

Can mark way points and find points on map using GPS capabilities so You know where You hunted and found Your finds,

Adjustable shaft for easy user setup,

Shows color cursor of iron when it’s present next to items detected,

Very Good discrimination, And Depth, Fully Rechargeable(No Replacing Batteries), Noise Cancel, and I’m sure a lot more I’m not thinking of.

CONS:

Overwhelming when first trying to customize settings,

Requires a little of field work for learning its abilities,

The screen can scratch without a cover on it.

CONCLUSION:

In My Opinion, this is one of the Best machines out there. I’ve been hunting since 1990, and My CTX has overwhelmed Me with the amount and types of finds I have been able to find!
The Depth I have achieved- 15 & 16″ on .58 cal CW bullets in a no- till field that has been hunted for years.
The amount of coins I’ve found in hunted out locations, The ability to customize the sounds for a particular item or group of items.
This machine is Amazing and if I was just starting out I would definitely pursue the CTX 3030 to be My first. There are plenty of people Online that will help You learn a bit, and very good books to get You going like a pro. Andy Sabisch wrote a Handbook for the CTX 3030 that helps You understand a lot that You can’t just learn from the manual. A very Good Machine that will bring new heights to Your Detecting Adventure.

20+ year’s digging the last 10 hardcore as in daily and every day. The XP DEUS and I became as one with several months on the learning curve.

My 1st dig with the DEUS was junk metal, however underneath the junk was a Tootsie Toy Car. Every since that day its been Rockin and Rollin.

The bottom line is this, dig everything, when u hear that tone and maybe observe that so called matching number. By that I mean, I run my machine “unstable” most might call it. By doing so I have gain extraordinary depth.

My philosophy on this is I’m getting below where folks from the 70’s n 80’s could get with those radar machine’s as I call them. This is why the numbers game aint that important to me, its part of the analysis but the tone, to me tells the whole story.

I’m reminded of several yards that I’ve hunted, where walking through only revealed a batch of multiple numbers fluctuating. So I became frustrated and thought, why in the h**l did I buy this d**n thing.

I stepped back looked at the house, looked at the foundation, my map said original town, so what h**l was the deal. So I started digging every signal that had my “magic tone” no matter how brief. The first target nail, second target, targets 3 through several were nails. Once all the nails were out of the way, swung it again but this time produced a silver walking liberty.

So for those yards i repeated “nail removal tactic” I call it and man does it pay dividends at the end of the day. A lot of folks hear and see its a nail n just “cherry pick” I’m glad they do. In conclusion, dig it all because sometimes that target your looking for is just underneath all that junk. HH

The detector I currently use is the White’s Spectrum V3i
The Spectra® V3i is White’s premier metal detector backed by a comprehensive 2-year warranty.

The beautiful, full-color HD display clearly explains the depth and metal type of detected objects. The V3i is always ready to go with its rechargeable battery and ready to help with an onboard reference guide.

If you’re just starting out, the V3i has 9 presets, giving you turn-on-and-go versatility that fits your terrain and target, whether it’s coins, jewelry, relics of the past, or gold nuggets. Expert users will appreciate the V3i’s dozens of optional settings that can be changed in real time via dashboard controls. You’ll experience unparalleled depth and sensitivity, even in previously-hunted areas! The V3i works best with the included wireless Spectra Sound headphones. White’s premier headset lets you hear every signal with astonishing clarity and without worrying about distractions or tangled cords.

There is numerous coils this great machine can utilize. From the 5.3 Eclipse all the way to the 13 inch Detect Coil.

This is my main go to machine that I run with the 5.3 Eclipse Coil 95% of my Detecting. This machine with the 13″ Detect Coil makes this a coin killer. The Three frequencies are great. You can’t beat the color screen as opposed to the other type screens. I also run the Lithium Ion Battery in my V3i, giving me about double the time in the field.

The downfall to this machine is that after awhile hunting, this machine gets heavy. I have a sling for my machine. This machine is not waterproof.

I have been using this detector for just over 3 years now. I upgraded from the Minelab Explorer XS. Since I already used a Minelab detector the transition was easier.

I use my CTX mostly in the water and in farm fields, but I also go to the beach and wherever else I might finds stuff.

Pros

This machine is great in wet sand and in saltwater.

It is waterproof to 10 ft in depth.

It provides you with multi frequency technology.

It has a color Led.

It has incorporated blue tooth technology using the WM10 box with your headphones.

I also like that it has a GPS and you can hook it up to Google Maps and see where you have been if you enable this feature.

There is not many things I don’t like about the CTX.

Cons

It will only go 10 feet in the water.

If I wanted to go deeper in the water I would have to use my Minelab Excalibur 2. I have heard lots of complaints about the price , but if you seen what people find with them the price is well worth it.

Conclusion

In My opinion the Minelab CTX 3030 is the best metal detector on the market. It provides great depth , adjustable sensitivity.

This machine provides you with most of the bells and whistles you require in a detector. In my 23 plus years of detecting I have never swung a better machine.

10 preset programs, can add custom programs, 8 filters, and so much more.

Pro’s:

Can adjust machine to an conditions (soil, EMI, mineralization)

Dig less trash with multi target analyzing features.

Large color/HD search screen makes it easier to read.

Consistent in the field.

Has wireless head phone capability.

Can turn on a go with the preset programs.

Con’s:

Can not use to search under water.

Some what on the heavy side.

Not a simple machine to master.

Conclusion:

The Whites V3i is one of the top detectors on the market today. Once you master this machine it’s almost like seeing through the ground. It’s a turn on and go detector with unmatched expert capabilities.

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You tube channel, V3iSWEEPER to see if this is a machine you have interest in.

In the beginning it was quite the machine to get use to. Getting to know “Pro mode” was a challenge because of all of the different tones and remembering to ground your machine, but it is the best mode to be in. After about 2 weeks I had finally understood my At Pro and was able to know most of the important tones. The pinpointer on the standard DD coil is fantastic, if the object is within 6″ majority of the time it is in your plug .

Learning the different vdi numbers is also a bonus for you when you are not in the mood to dig everything ( although, we should always dig everything, sometimes you just don’t want to and you only want the good tones and the At Pro will provide some great sounding targets). The standard DD coil that comes with the At Pro is a great coil for trash filled parks, permissions, woods and anywhere in between and it has good depth. I love the discrimination option and I normally keep it at around 35-40. You are in control of what you want to search for instead of having to stick with the limited set settings.

What I dislike about the machine would be the lack of a backlights. I love night hunting and it just makes sense to have one. I also have a problem with the sensitivity turned all the way up, it will pick up EVERYTHING! I normally keep it a bit over half on the sensitivity unless I am in a history rich area and I am searching for the deeper tones. I also hope they fix the way they have the control housing on the s-shaped stem.

I have actually seen one fall off on a fellow hunters At Pro because it only has two screws holding it on and sending it off for two weeks to get fixed is a drag on the soul. Oh, and can’t forget about the batteries, oh boy, keep some extras on you (but my outings usually last 4-8 hours, sometimes more, then tend to last 3 hunts.

As soon as your batteries get to about 3 bars, your machine tends to not function as well as it would with full batteries). Overall it is a fantastic detector and has more pros than cons. It’s definitely worth every penny and it will get the job done. I have 2 At Pros with different coils and I still prefer to use the standard DD coil over my Nel storm.

– Features-

This machine is a beast! This detector has to be one of the most technologically advanced machine that is on the market today. The E-TRAC incorporates Full Band Spectrum(FBS) technology and Smartfind discrimination. Simultaneously transmitting 28 multiple frequencies from 1.5kHz to 100kHz, FBS technology continually transmits both deep penetrating lower frequencies and sensitive high frequencies for more sensitive and accurate target identification at greater depths, regardless of ground conditions and target type.

Smartfind offers a visual scale of discrimination showing both the ferrous and conductivity properties on the same display to help you eliminate undesirable signals and find desired targets. The E-TRAC XChange USB connection allows you to create different settings, user modes and discrimination patterns for different sites, download and upload these settings, and exchange them with friends by email.

The E-TRAC also features QuickMask adjustment, four pre-programmed user modes, refined threshold adjustment, and ground and trash density settings. In other words this machine is loaded with features that could take even the most experienced metal detectorist years to fully realize the true potential of this machine.

– Pros-

The target id system is excellent! After spending just a few hours with this machine, you will notice the difference in your ability to distinguish the difference between trash and a desirable target due through the E-Trac’s ID system which displays each target’s ferrous and conductivity levels. Outstanding.

Excellent multiple tones. At first the many tones of this machine can be almost overwhelming but once you learn the tones, you’ll be amazed on how well you can identify what the target is without even looking at the numbers.

This machine is a silver and coin magnet. I believe that this machine finds more coins and silver than any machine I have ever used.

There is no need to ground balance the E-trac when changing locations or hunting in highly mineralized soil. It does all the work for you.

– Cons-

My biggest complaint with the E Trac is the display. Very poorly done Minelab! The backlight is great when hunting in low light conditions but being able to see your screen otherwise can be difficult. This is especially true in bright sunlight.

It is not waterproof. Considering the high cost of this machine, why wouldn’t they have made it waterproof . This is disappointing.

One of the claims is that the E -Trac is perfectly balanced. Hmmm. Not sure about that. This is a heavy machine compared to many others. You will feel it after a day of hunting.

Battery Life is short compared to most other detectors. Granted this machine does many things all at once that most detectors cannot successfully do at all but battery life definitely suffers. Overall the E-Trac is an excellent machine and can be customized for any type of hunting (except water) that you do.

Outstanding coin machine with great depth. A must in any avid detectorists arsenal. Please keep in mind, this is not a beginner’s machine. The E trac was designed for the experienced and serious detectorist. While there are some negatives with the machine, overall I feel it is one of the best machines ever made.

– Conclusion-

Overall the E-Trac is an excellent machine and can be customized for any type of hunting (except water) that you do. Outstanding coin machine with great depth. A must in any avid detectorists arsenal. Please keep in mind, this is not a beginner’s machine. The E trac was designed for the experienced and serious detectorist. While there are some negatives with the machine, overall I feel it is one of the best machines ever made.

I began seriously detecting as an adult in 2011. I started with a Tesoro Compadre, $20 finder and a plastic spade. Over the next few years I went through many different detectors. What I hunted became refined.

I had always had an interest in history. So I had began relic hunting. In 2014 Fisher came out with the F19. It was designed to hunt relics. I had owned a couple fisher detectors and knew their quality. So I bought an F19. I haven’t changed detectors since.

Pros –

The F19 is light so you can swing it all day. It’s very easy to carry if you have to hike a mile or two.

It runs a long time on one 9v battery. I carry a spare battery, but the F19 will last all day on one, so I never need it.

The F19 has a backlight so you can hunt in the dark. Although I never use it,

The F19 has a great notch system. One of the features of the F19 that I love is the volume control. It’s kind of misunderstood feature. Volume can be set from 1-20. But it’s not just to turn up the volume. The purpose is to set which kind of signals ( ferrous or non- ferrous.) is the loudest. 1-9 Both equally increase in volume. 10- non ferrous is 10 but ferrous is 0. So when I’m in a really trashy area i set my VCO to 38 and my volume to 10. So now I’m not going to hear all the iron chatter. settings 11-20 all have the non-ferrous is at 10 but the ferrous goes from 1-10. Ground balancing couldn’t be easier. set the gain at 12:00. Go to all metal. Over a piece of ground clear of metal you push the grab ground button and bob up and down with the detector until the numbers agree.

For those people who like to search a little positive or negative, you can manually adjust the ground balance.

When the F19 locks on to a target it has very steady vdi.

The F19 is running at 19khz. It finds the tiniest targets.

Cons:

I really couldn’t think of many. Even though it is not a coin machine, it does well with them.

I do wish though that it wasn’t Camo. At first I really liked the Camo, but I’ve misplaced it a couple times and had a hard time finding it.

I believe for relic detecting the Fisher F19 is one of the best machines out there. Its definitely a Keeper.

All-terrain metal detectors are perfect for hardy locations. Since treasure hunting can take up plenty of hours, one needs a model that he or she can rely on, something durable and packed with useful features to help prospectors in the search for excellent booty.

The Garrett AT Pro model is designed to pursue metals that are located up to 10 inches deep. It is capable of picking up only certain items by means of its target ID system, and it has high res-iron discrimination for a more enhanced exploration. It is a model that is recommended for searching for relics, caches, coins, jewelry, and even bits of gold. But is it really worth your time and money? Let’s find out.

Advantages

The AT Pro model includes a pro mode audio which enables users the opportunity to perceive sounds of target finds when it is in all-metal model. It has a high-resolution iron discrimination technology too, and it allows users admission to 40 levels which will assist them in distinguishing between refuse and potential finds. That way, you will not have to waste plenty of time and effort digging for nothing.

It has a digital target ID that includes a scale ranging from 0-99. This will amplify the capability to distinguish iron and shift the mid-tone signal range. Its most essential feature though, would have to be its capability to recover fast; users will be able to discern excellent targets from refuse.

It is meant for all-terrain usage and it can be plunged into waters that range up to 10-feet of depth, which makes the unit truly versatile and ideal for folks who want to cover both land and water prospects.

This is also the unit for enthusiasts who want to search for gold nuggets and jewelry. The detector is designed with a 15kHz frequency to improve the hunt for smaller targets. For a more enhanced performance, the unit features ground balance which can be modified manually in an instant. This will guarantee users that they will have a stress-free time exploring the area for potentials.

Its GTA, or Graphic Target Analyzer, is extra helpful for recognizing a target’s conductivity. This is a beneficial aspect which coin hunters will benefit from since its uninterrupted coin depth indicator is quite convenient when it comes to the depth of a coin. It also features a battery life indicator so users won’t have to explore areas with a dying detector.

The unit has options like coins, zero, or custom, and these options can be in standard or professional mode. This enables users to adjust the device according to their target and improve the accuracy in identifying targets from plain trash.

Customers who are satisfied with their purchase shared that what they liked most about the unit was its fast recovery time because it allows for more searches. It was made for a variety of terrains, and is waterproof to boot.

It can accommodate both experienced users and beginners, plus it includes efficient manual, and automatic ground balancing features. According to one user, it is the first detector from the company to feature a digital target ID scale.

Disadvantages

Several customers did not like that the package did not include a pin pointer.

Conclusion

Now, if you want to search for jewelry, coins, relics, or even gold nuggets, this might be the device that you are looking for. The Garrett AT Pro metal detector has a variety of adjustments and settings that can improve your search for excellent finds.

It is built for a wider range of terrain, and can be utilized for underwater purposes too, for a more extensive search. The features that the product has to offer will be convenient enough to enhance your discoveries.

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